Detectives have charged a man following an alleged attempted armed robbery of a Broadbeach business overnight. It will be alleged at about 7pm a man attended the Gold Coast Highway takeaway and threatened a staff member with what is thought to be a knife. The man demanded some food. The staff member declined and the […]
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Police are investigating a single vehicle traffic crash at Southport tonight. Initial inquiries indicate shortly before 10.30pm a car was travelling east along Cotlew Street East when the vehicle has left the roadway and collided with a tree in the medium strip. The driver and passenger, both aged 18, have been taken to the Gold […]
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Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash that occurred at Morningside this afternoon. The incident occurred about 3.00pm at the intersection of Wynnum Road and Gary Road, Morningside. Initial investigations suggest a motorcycle travelling west on Wynnum Road and a utility performing a u-turn at the intersection have collided. The rider of the motorcycle, a […]
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Detectives from the Mackay Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) have charged seven people following the conclusion of Operation North Slingshot in the Mackay area. Police officers executed a total of nine search warrants over the last two days in North Mackay and Moranbah. The search warrants resulted in seven people being charged in relation to drug […]
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Patients needing wigs will soon be donning the long locks of two Toowoomba police officers after they shaved and donated their hair on Saturday morning as part of Relay for Life. Senior Constable Louise MacDonald and Constable Claire Heptinstall had their hair shaved by their Inspector Tony Neumann at the Highstreet Shopping Centre. Constable Heptinstall said she never imagined […]
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Police from the Rapid Action Patrol (RAP) have allegedly located an amount drugs after conducting a search warrant in Mermaid Beach today. Around 9am RAP officers attended a Gold Coast Highway business in Mermaid Beach and allegedly located a quantity of synthetic drugs. Investigations are continuing.
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Police are appealing for witnesses as they investigate a serious traffic crash that occurred in Bowen this morning. Initial information suggests around 10.45am a vehicle has struck a pedestrian on Herbert Street. The 85-year-old female pedestrian suffered life-threatening leg, arm and head injuries as a result of the crash. She has been air lifted to […]
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Sergeant Lesley Walker is a Scientific Officer based in Cairns. She is one of those forensic scientists you see on all the best TV crime shows and indeed, it was her fascination for watching those shows that helped shape her career in the Queensland Police Service (QPS). But in fact, her initial career choice had […]
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Gold Coast police would like to remind motorists of road closures due to the 2016 Broadbeach Blues Festival. The event will be conducted over four days, Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 May 2016 with over 130,000 spectators expected to attend this year’s event. Police have been working with the City of Gold Coast and Broadbeach […]
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Police have charged a man following an incident where a home-made explosive device has been set off on private property at Mount Cotton overnight. It will be alleged shortly before 10pm emergency services attended an address in Bottletree Crescent in relation to calls about an explosion. No one was injured during the explosion on a […]
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